AN AMBITIOUS teenager who was stabbed to death just yards from his home aced his GCSEs it has been revealed today.

He was humble, he was never arrogant with his all his grades and was always willing to help others who didn't understand.

Tareque Alom

Ajmol Alom, 16, described as "one of our brightest prospects" by his headteacher, had ambitions to be a doctor but died after he was wounded in the thigh just yards from his home in Poplar, east London, on August 12.

Today his friends praised the "humble" youngster who achieved achieved grade As in subjects including maths, science, English literature, geography, religious studies and citizenship; and three B grades in English language, humanities and physical education.

Tareque Alom, 16, said Ajmol used to help him with maths, an example of his caring and selfless nature.

"He was humble, he was never arrogant with his all his grades and was always willing to help others who didn't understand," he said.

"He was a really sociable person as well. He set the benchmark for all of us, he was a role model for all of us."

Tareque said he had been to see Ajmol's parents, who were "pleased" with his results.

He added: "They're obviously sad to see that he's not going to see them himself after all that work."

Deputy headteacher Gavin Beswick said he had been Ajmol's English teacher for the past four years.

"He was a pleasure to teach," he said.

"The least likely person that you would ever expect to have had this sort of tragedy befall him.

"There's a real sense of sorrow about today, that's never the case - exam results day is usually a day of celebration and jubilation but today already they're coming and looking very subdued and respectful for a very close friend and extremely popular young man."

Friends of Ajmol Alom collected their GCSE results today

The school's headteacher, Chris Dunne, said he had personally taken Ajmol's results to his parents on Wednesday.

"They are coping as well as can be expected," he said.

"All of Ajmol's close friends have been visiting them every day and spending lots of quality time with them, so that must be a great help."

He said that he had interviewed Ajmol for a place in the school's new sixth form a few weeks ago, and that he would remember most "how hard working he was as a student, and how very decent he was as a person".

He added: "Some youngsters as able as Ajmol don't ever realise their full potential because they aren't prepared to do what's necessary to ensure success. Some are remembered for the way they show off their cleverness at the expense of other, less able students. Ajmol's approach was the opposite.

"He would always have been the last person to boast of his ability.

"He regularly attended the extra classes and revision sessions run by his teachers, even when he probably didn't need their help any longer.

"His friends could rely on him for help if they needed it, not for arrogance or scorn."

Chris Dunne, Headteacher at Langdon Park School

Mr Dunne said his last memory of the keen boxer was when he volunteered to be part of a peace project in Northern Ireland.

He went on: "We are constantly bombarded with negative stories about young people, about their poor attitudes and anti-social behaviour.

"Working in schools and youth clubs for the past 40 years, I have learned the opposite, that the vast majority of young people are in fact very decent, and undoubtedly go on to be equally decent adults.

"Our school, our community, our country has just lost one of its brightest prospects and we are all rightly shocked and depressed by it.

"The best comfort we can take from it is that, for however a short a time, those of us that knew Ajmol knew a very splendid young man and a fine citizen."